Section 1
SECTION 1. Section nine hundred and sixty-nine of the Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 969. Promotion of surgeons.—A surgeon, passing the requisite examination, shall be entitled to promotion to the next higher grade after three years' service, and in making this computation time served in any medical capacity under the Government other than as interne shall be counted: Provided, however, That, in case of vacancy in the grade of senior surgeon, a surgeon upon passing the requisite examination, shall be entitled to promotion to the said grade after one year's continuous service in any branch of the Philippine Health Service, as provided for in the preceding section."